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MacBook Sound Driver Issues

I've owned my MacBook for about 3 months now, and about a month ago, my internal speakers stopped working. I know there is sound, due to the 'ta-da' noise sounded upon turning the laptop on. When checking my 'sound' output option, it tells me it is set to 'Digital Out' with the 'Built-in Output' port. There are no other options to click on. I have been told this is the problem. When I use headphones or external speakers, sound works fine. Interesting point....about 2 weeks back, my friend was able to make it play via internal speakers by tilting the computer side to side, but it cut in and out. Is there a driver I can install to re-set my speakers to what they need to be? Thanks

Posted by avatar on Oct 07, 2007

    • By avatarsalt-n-pepa Sep 23, 2009

    • GUYS I CANT GET MY SPEAKERS 2 WORK!!!!!!!!!!!! I DID THE TOOTHPICK THIING WIH A TOOTHPICK, MATCH, AND Q-TIP AND IT DIDNT WORK!!!!!!!!!! CAN SOMEBOBY HELP ME????????????

    • By avatarthemxxlife May 13, 2009

    • i have a white macbook, and my headphone jack doesnt work when i try to put headphones in. i opened the properties and nothing is muted. i cleaned the system of onyx but nothing. There is no read light in the jack either/???? anyone help me?

    • By avatarjoya123 May 04, 2009

    • i have the same problem.

    • By avatarGuest Apr 27, 2009

    • WWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW IT WORKED FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • By avatarkolampd Apr 03, 2009

    • no audio on internal speaker. but head phone works fine

    • By avatarelectricrain Mar 25, 2009

    • Okay.. the matchstick isn't working for me... I tried a q-tip too..  I twirl it around in the hole with the red light right? Am I missing something?  Did anyone who didn't get this to work.. find out something else.. that is quick and easy?

    • By avatarcmagz Mar 04, 2009

    • Same deal-
      Red glowing light coming from headphone jack... no output control etc.
      HELP

    • By avatartwack Feb 22, 2009

    • Sound preferences have no input or output devices found, and MUTE is clicked off, but dead... HELP

    • By avatarGuest Feb 09, 2009

    • I had the same problem too! I tried: toothpick, bobby pin (hair pin), q-tip with cotton cut off, and matchstick. The match stick works!!!!!

    • By avatarrabad Nov 03, 2008

    • I install vista on my macbook and the sound not working .. that 's my probleme someone can give me a link to download the driver ?..Thanks

    • By avatarlitmaj Sep 06, 2008

    • yesterday I put some speakers on my mac book and today when I took them out and tried my mac there is no sound. There is sound from the headphones but no sound without.


    • By avatarGuest Jun 23, 2008

    • help meeeeeee2

    • By avatarsarmient Jun 13, 2008

    • Heeeelp toothpick won't work, neither match

    • By avatarGuest Jun 13, 2008

    • i have installed windows XP in my macbook laptop but i cant find sound drivers hence help me

    • By avatarneo9 Jun 02, 2008

    • same prob, no internal speaker recognition, worked today intermittently after seven months of not working, now back to red light and no internal speakers, nothing seems to work argh! have tried posted solutions.... thanks for trying.

    • By avatarGuest Apr 20, 2008

    • same problem and weird red light glowing in head-phone jack.  Headphones and external speakers work fine, built-ins no. 

    • By avatarlocksg Mar 11, 2008

    • exact same problem. What to do?



    • By avatarrasler Mar 03, 2008

    • Having exactly same problem on a brand new MacBook 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. .........!
      To me it seems that it´s the -on paper- clever solution that couples the digital output and analog output in one plug that is the problem; Apparently it stalls on digital out, when one goes from the analog out channels for headphones or external speakers plugged in to (apparently) switching on digital out and then not switching back on the analog out channels connecting to the speakers -Or it might simply be a mute function in the plug not switching back on.


      -But how is this problem solved?


      Rasmus

    • By avatarGuest Feb 28, 2008

    • Same problem!  My Digital Out doesn't work.  Says "The selected device has no output controls.  And a red light is glowing in the headphone input.

    • By avatartrickinks8er Feb 14, 2008

    • I have the same problem with the sound cutting in and out. I dont know if its due to an update I just downloaded and installed but right after I restarted my computer the sound has been getting messed up. I have the sound preference panel up and right now as we speak the output panel changes from internal speakers to no speakers at all. It keeps changing back and forth for no apparent reason. Does anyone have a solution for this? Please HELP!

    • By avatardowningbrad Jan 27, 2008

    • I have had my macbook just over a year. During a recent update I left external speakers hooked up via the headphone output. After the update was installed my internal speakers no longer work. A red light shows through the output when a program is running sound. I have gone to system preferences, sound and it lists
      "Digital Out----Built in output. The selected device has no output controls. "

      Any suggestions?

    • By avatarGuest Dec 24, 2007

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Omigod, that worked!!!!

I was laughing at the idea of the match when i first read it. I have the same problem even with my Mac Pro. But to my suprise, the toothpick thing worked!I was flabbergasted!!!..So this means, a lot of Macbook owners experience the same problem?Is this some kind of a bug?

  • By Author imageroniole Nov 24, 2008

    • By avatarroniole Nov 24, 2008

    • I was laughing at the idea of the match when I first read it. I thought the one who bought it up and the others who buy it are conspirators. But to my surprise, it worked for me!!!So, is this digital-out some sort of a Mac Book bug?Because the same thing also happens to my Mac Pro.

My macbook- doesn't give out sound thru external speakers and no sound in headphones . I bearly hear the internal speakers either so I took it to Apple Genius (with appointment) and they tested my macbook with their software fr.Macbook Pro using ethernet cord and start playing music and my macbook speakers- internal and external are loud again. WOW! So it's the infested 3rd party software such as Limewire and all others that we love to downloaded (but there are too many to figure it out which one is bad)...SO I backed up my stuffs and reinstalled macos X tiger and all is new again....WORKING PERFECT NOW!!! RE-INSTALL!!!! Thanks Apple Store!!!!!!

  • By Author imageNTNG Aug 19, 2009

theres a easy solution, but its wierd.....TRUST ME......put a non metalic item into the audio out jack (tooth pick, match whatever) and gently press down (i just put a match in and turned it around while the sound properties was open) this will switch it between the digital and analog output......IT WORKS just make sure u have the sound properties up so u can see the output update

  • By Author imageGuest Mar 18, 2008

    • By avatartjjazz Oct 25, 2010

    • WOW! I think I love you Guest!!
      I'm in spain - have had my mac for just over year - and constant problems - and when the sound just dissapeared - only digigal available - I took it to the store and they knew nothing -even though its stil in gurantee - they could have figured something for 79 euros (a lot more in dollars ) - OR the option was - they told me to re-install the disks that came with the mac to avoid having to send it away 3 weeks again - nightmare. I work with sound -so it's kind of important to be able to have it on my mac anywhere I go. So I tried re-installing everything - This only got all of my information erased and having to re-install programs, etc. - again - nightmare!
      Not ready to be out with my mac for three weeks AGAIN - I came over here to this page - skeptical about sticking anything in any hole in my mac - but - thought "this thing is already f-d up ¿what have I to loose? If I've gotta send it away anyway?¿? - so here in the cafe - 5 minutes ago - I stuck my bic pen cap in - and VOILA!!! - Who'da thunk it!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

    • By avatardani625 Feb 02, 2011

    • Had macs like, FOREVER, since before we called them 'macs', and this had *never* happened before. WEIRD. But the matchstick thing worked. Just push it in and reset the headphones jack. You can tell that's what it is, because the jack is lit up inside. Just gently push straight in until it resets, and voilá! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

    • By avatarpanteleakis Apr 14, 2011

    • A GREAT MANY THAAAAAAAAANKS ........BLESSSSS YOU IT WORKS!!!!!!!1

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Hi there!

This sounds like quite an odd issue, and based on the fact that you got the speakers to work by tilting the machine back and forth (with cutting in & out), this sounds like something might be a bit loose inside the computer, and will probably require a hardware fix.

You are still well within your 1 year warranty, even if you did not purchase AppleCare, so I would take the laptop to your local Apple store (www.apple.com/retail) Genius Bar.  Make a reservation on-line before you go to avoid having to wait around.

I would highly recommend backing up all of your data before taking it in, just in case they need to ship it off for a repair.

Good luck!

there is no sound device no audio

  • By Author imageabui Jun 01, 2008

My problem is solved .. i had download Bootcamp and install it ... everything is run normal .

you can get bootcamp on torrentz site for vista 32 .


Thanks anywhere !!

  • By Author imagerabad Nov 24, 2008

same here. instead keep something (like a toothpick) in there and then when u take it out, it should work again.

WOW this works the thing with a tooth pick i almost lost it this laptop was driving me insane now its working

i have a white apple macbook, i have downloaded vista on it, but the sound does not come out. please help me with this problem.

  • By Author imageMiezik Nov 07, 2008

I pulled the cotton off a q-tip and it worked perfect, nice fix!

  • By Author imageGuest Sep 30, 2008

I just spent 30 min. poking the f-ing hole with a toothpick and it;s still not working and theres still that annoying red light
urgghhhh
how come its not working?

  • By Author imagechdus88 Jul 05, 2008

To those who are still having the erroneous red light... the problem could be (if you are Boot Camp users) that a bug in the Boot Camp 3.0 drivers left the audio output LED on when it wasn't being used. Updating to 3.1 should fix the problem.
To update to Boot Camp 3.1:
1. Boot to your Windows OS
2. Download the Boot Camp 3.1 update:
- 32-Bit Here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL996
- 64-Bit Here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL979
3. Insert your (Mac) OS disc and launch the update exe file

worked for me. that's funny. sooo lo fi

  • By Author imageGuest May 18, 2008

    • By avatarkashifm Jan 31, 2011

    • did nt worked for me :(((( please help me to resolve this issue, listen guys, it says tht no input device found.
      how do i get it worked n pls help me to get drivers or wat.
      regards

Thanks man! It really works with the match! Turn the match like a screwdriver - don't press down - and it will work! Cheers!

  • By Author imageGuest May 08, 2008

I also had the same problem, did it with the match, it worked in 10 seconds!!!!!! thx

  • By Author imageGuest Apr 21, 2008

    • By avatarpitakpetelo Dec 30, 2010

    • I too used the end of a q tip, pressing DOWN is the key! thanks!!!

Same update, same problem, same red light. F!

  • By Author imageGuest Feb 01, 2008

i used my headphones to do the job.... NOTHING! bleg, saw myself going to applestore and leave it there for a week or so.... BUT restarted and then it all worked again. So: headphones AND restart

sound flickers from audio output to digital out

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!

I tried several times no work then I got a Q~tip cut OFF the end put it in and left it for several minutes.  Do not know why it worked but it did  Thanks who ever discovered this.

so I have the same problem only I have a black Macbook and I def. CANNOT find this black gadget you guys speak of..where is it? I have been trying to figure this out for the past month or so.. I know that supposedly it's supposed to be on the right side of the port, but I DO NOT see it anywhere.. && I have used a hairpin, a q-tip, and anything else small I can think of. The only thing I haven't tried is a toothpick because I don't have any..
HELP!!

  • By Author imager33se Nov 11, 2008

That toothpick idea is brilliant!! how did anyone come up with that idea

  • By Author imageGuest Nov 09, 2008

It worked for me!!!!!! Like the post above, you have to turn it around the edges like a screwdriver. Thank you so much!

  • By Author imageGuest Jul 15, 2008

Suggested Solution (1)

Sounds like the cutout switch in the output jack is stuck open, it is a techy fix sorry (at least it is not a board failure)

  • by Author image Chris Edwards Over a year ago

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